Missouri teen facing murder charge for giving fentanyl to girl who died from overdose: cops

A teenage boy has been arrested for homicide after he allegedly gave fentanyl to a 16-year-old woman who overdosed and died.

Jacob Sayre, 17, was charged as an grownup with second-degree homicide, endangering the welfare of a kid, and supply of a managed substance on Thursday in Ozark, Missouri.

Investigators stated the woman, who died in September and hasn’t been publicly recognized, met with Sayre the evening earlier than she died. Authorities discovered a rolled-up $20 invoice and a blue tablet that had been reduce on her nightstand after her loss of life, KY3 reported.

Police discovered a notice on the woman’s desk addressed to a different good friend, during which she wrote about their relationship and talked about she was doing medication. The letter stops abruptly with the phrase “I plan.”

Investigators additionally searched the ladies telephone and located an extended dialog between her and Sayre on Snapchat, during which they mentioned Sayre bringing her medication.

“Simply have a bucket close to you and solely snort a half, and it’s only one,” Sayre reportedly warned her. “Solely do 1 / 4 after which do the opposite quarter in the event you don’t really feel it.”

In one other message, the woman advised Sayre stated she reduce the drug incorrectly and felt it beginning to take impact.

Sayre later advised investigators he met the woman at church and that he delivered the tablet, however he claimed he didn’t comprehend it was medication, Missouri Information reported.

An post-mortem report discovered the woman had foam in her throat and had a deadly quantity of fentanyl, in addition to MDMA, in her system.

Sayre was launched on $50,000 bail and is about to look in court docket on Jan. 31.